PHILOSOPHER

Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten

1714 - 1762

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Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (; German: [ˈbaʊmˌgaʁtn̩]; 17 July 1714 – 27 May 1762) was a German philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten has received more than 280,137 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten is the 145th most popular philosopher (up from 147th in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Germany (down from 212th in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Philosopher.

Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten is most famous for his work in aesthetics. He is also famous for his work on the philosophy of taste and the philosophy of art.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ranks 145 out of 1,267. Before him are Wilhelm Dilthey, Giambattista Vico, Hans Kelsen, Porphyry, Emanuel Swedenborg, and Edith Stein. After him are Christian Wolff, Hippasus, Max Stirner, György Lukács, Louis Althusser, and Adi Shankara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ranks 3. Before him are Christoph Willibald Gluck, and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. After him are Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Joseph I of Portugal, Claude Joseph Vernet, Alaungpaya, Niccolò Jommelli, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Pontiac, and Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick. Among people deceased in 1762, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ranks 3. Before him are Peter III of Russia, and Elizabeth of Russia. After him are Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Crown Prince Sado, James Bradley, Emperor Momozono, Francesco Geminiani, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ranks 218 out of 7,253. Before him are Werner von Siemens (1816), Pope Clement II (1005), Edith Stein (1891), Albert, Prince Consort (1819), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), and Ludwig Erhard (1897). After him are Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Justus von Liebig (1803), Eduard Bernstein (1850), Walter Ulbricht (1893), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), and Hans Zimmer (1957).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ranks 24. Before him are Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Baron d'Holbach (1723), Oswald Spengler (1880), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), and Edith Stein (1891). After him are Max Stirner (1806), Max Scheler (1874), Herbert Marcuse (1898), Carl Schmitt (1888), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), and Max Horkheimer (1895).

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